Battlefield 1 | |
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Developer(s) | EA DICE |
Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
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Producer(s) | Aleksander Svendsen Grøndal |
Designer(s) | Daniel Berlin |
Programmer(s) | Vidar Nygren |
Artist(s) | Gustav Tilleby |
Writer(s) | Steven Hall |
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Series | Battlefield |
Engine | Frostbite 3 |
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Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Aggregate score | |
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Aggregator | Score |
Metacritic | PC: 88/100 PS4: 89/100 XONE: 87/100 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
Destructoid | 8/10 |
EGM | 8/10 |
Game Informer | 9.25/10 |
Game Revolution | |
GameSpot | 9/10 |
GamesRadar | |
IGN | 9/10 |
PC Gamer (US) | 89/100 |
Polygon | 9/10 |
PC World |
Battlefield 1 is a first-person shooter video game developed by EA DICE and published by Electronic Arts. It is the fifteenth installment in the Battlefield series, and the first main entry in the series since Battlefield 4. The game was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 21, 2016.
Battlefield 1 received positive reviews by critics and was seen as an improvement over previous installments Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline. Most of the praise was directed towards its World War I theme, multiplayer modes, visuals, sound design, and single-player campaign.
Similar to previous entries in the series, Battlefield 1 is a first-person shooter that emphasizes teamwork. The game is set in the period of World War I, and is inspired by historic events. Players can make use of World War I weapons, including bolt-action rifles, automatic and semi-automatic rifles, artillery, flamethrowers, and mustard gas to combat opponents.Melee combat was reworked, with DICE introducing new melee weapons such as sabres, trench clubs, and shovels into the game. These melee weapons were divided into two groups: heavy and light. Players can also take control of various armored vehicles, including lights and heavy tanks, armored trucks, torpedo boats, biplane aircrafts, an armored train, Reconnaissance vehicles, a Dreadnought and an LZ 30 Airship, as well as ride horses into battle.Destructible environments and weapon customization, features present in the previous games, returned in Battlefield 1 and are more dynamic.